Rolling stamp with counting device for various printing purposes



Oct. 16,1923; 1,470,928

H. KOMUSIN, G-EB. LIEDTKE ROLLING STAMP WITH COUNTING DEVICE FOR VARIOUS PRINTING PURPOSES Filed March 22. 1922 2 Blasts-Shoat 1 Oct. 16,1923. 1,470,928

H. KOMUSIN, GEB. LIEDTKE ROLIIING STAMP. wmnpoumme DEVICE FOR vmous PRINTING PURPOSES Fiied Mu'ch 22. 1922 ,2 Bheats Bhaaf .fnrenlor:

Patented Oct. 16 1923.

UNITED STATES PVAT'EVNTOFFICE.

HELENE xomusm, GEB. LIEDTKE, or BERLIN, GERMANY.

Application filed March 22, 1922. Serial 545,890.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HELENE KoMUsIN,

geb. LIEDTKE, a citizen of the German Republic, residing at Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Rolling Stamps with Counting De vices for Various Printing Purposes, of

"which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a rolling stamp with counting devices for various printing purposes, for instance for pr nting upon v postal matters the amount of previously paid postage or upon legal papers of any kind the amount of duty, revenue stamps, insurance premiums or the like so that the stamps which are usuallyemployed for this purpose can be saved.

The printing is effected in similar manner as with the otherwise used stamping or being stretched. Each revolution of the roller at the stamping is transferred by a catch and pawl upon a counting device consisting in the well known manner of figure wheels so that the total value of the stamps printed with the apparatus is always indicated by this counting device.

' The arrangement is such that the roller can be adjusted by means of an indicating hand mounted upon the stamp casing so that it executes one stamping operation only or so that it stampscontinuously. In the first case the roller returns automatically to the position of rest after it has completed one revolution.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood, I shall proceed to describe the same with reference to the several forms of construction shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein p Fig. l shows the apparatus in longitudinal section, the different parts being in the normal position of rest.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the different parts in working position.

Figs. 3 and 4 are each aside elevation of one of the two parts of the casing with the elements carried by these parts.

Fig. 5 isa planview of the casing.

Figs. 6 and7 showa part of Fig. 1 on larger scale.

Fig. 8 is aside elevation of Fig. 7.

In'th'e construction shown in the drawings the casing is composedof twoparts '1 and 2 connected the'one with the othe'r by means of angular pieces 3 upon part 2 and hook-shaped projections 4 of part 1 adapted to be hooked over the angular pieces 3. In part 1 of the casing the stamping roller 5 is journaled in vertical supports 6 movable in vertical direction. A toothedwheel 7 is keyed upon the shaft of the roller 5 and an upper toothed wheel 9 keyed upon an upper axle 8 ears with toothed wheel'7. In the middle part 6 of the supporting frame 6 link 10 is pivoted the upper end of which is hinged to the lower end of a bell crank-lever 11. The upper toothed wheel 9 carries a driver 12 which is designed to operate the control levers l3, 14, 15 of the counting mechanism. At the side of the stamping rollero an inking roller 16is arrangedwhich takes the ink from an inking pad 17. The upper end of the bell cranklever 11 projects through the top plate of the casing. \Vhen this lever 11 is being depressed the stamping roller 5, normally held in its high est position by the action of a springlS, is lowered so that its circumference projects partly through an aperture 19 in the bottom plate of the casing (Fig. 2). The bell crank lever 11 is held in the lowered position by link 10: which has adopted a vertical position. Vhen lever 11 is being depressed it acts upon a spring influenced rod 33 projecting from the top plate of the casing and presses the same down (Figs. 1, 3, 6 and 7). This rod 33 is guided in a sleeve 34 fixed in the upper part-of the casing l. The sleeve has lateral slots 35 in which a cross pin 36 fixed in the upper part of rod 33 is guided. A spring 38 surrounding the sleeve 34 is enclosed between a collar 37 of sleeve 34 and the cross pin 36. The bolt 33 has at its lower end a notch 39 with which engages a spring controlled catch lever 20 to secure said bolt 33 in its lowered position. Above an angle piece. 40 a mechanism is provided for the purpose of returning the stamping roller automatically to the normal position if only one stamp has to be printed. With this object in view two levers 20, 23 are pivotally mounted on a pin in and between the cheeks 4:1. $2 of said angle piece it). Lever 23 is two-armed and its upwardly directed arm 24 has a laterally projecting tappet 25 adapted to bear against the catch lever 20. A spring d3 may be provided to hold the lever 23in its normal position by acting upon the arm 24 to return the same to its initial posi tion. I

Upon the shaft 8 of the toothed wheel 9 a stop lever 22 is fixed. hen the printing roll is lowered by the depression of lever ll rod33 is lowered also so that the hookshaped upper end 45 of catch lever 20 engages with the notch 39 of rod 33. After a determined part revolution of the printing roller the stop lever 22 will strike against the horizontal lever arm 23 whereby the tap pet 25 0f the lever arm 24: will be caused to engage the catch lever 20 and push the same back so that its hook-shaped. end to gets out of engagement with the notch 39 of rod 33. This rod being thus released moves upward under the action of its spring 38 and lifts the bell crank lever 11 whereby spring 18 is released and returns the printing roller 5 to its normal position'of rest.

If the printing roller 5 when in the low ered position is rolled over the surface to be printed its revolving movement is trans mitted to the toothed wheel 9 the driver 12 of which operates at each revolution ot the toothed wheel. the levers l3 and la and theupper end of lever is sliding in the fork shaped end of the horizontal lever 15 makes this lever 15,turn in horizontal direction, so that the figure disks of the counting mechanism are operated. A window 21 irovided inthe wall of the casing -for observation purposes.

If only one printing has to be done the stop lever 22 upon the shaft 8 of the toothed \vheel9 strikes against the arm 23 of the lever The tappet 25 is thereby caused to press against the catch lever 20 in order to disengage the same from the notch 39 of the rod 33 to allow the latter to move or jump up under the action of its spring and to thereby lift the bell crank lever 11 so that the printing roller with the toothed wheels will be returned to the upper position of rest.

The adjustment of the lever 2 Q-i; in the position in which it comes in contact with the lever 22, is'efiected with the aid of a v' ertical spring-controlled rod 26 (Fig. 8).

The upper end of the rod 26 projects through, a hole in the top-plate of the casing and is provided with a knob 28 and an indicating hand or pointer 29. At the lower and inner end of the rod 26 an arm 27 is fixed and a coiled spring is interposed between said arm 27 and the top plate of the using to hold the rod in its position without preventing the same from rotar} move ments about its axis.

The rod 26 can be set or turned to two positions indicated by A and B in Fig. 5. 1n the position A for single working (Figs. 1 to T) the arm 270i the rod 26 is out of contact with the lever 24 and the lever arm 23 is in the path of the lever 22- so that when lever 22 is turned or moved owing to the rotation oi? the roller 5, the lever 23 will be depressed on each rotary step of the roller awhereby the latter is put out of ac tion. It, however the rod 26 is set to the position marked by B the arm 27 will strike againstihe lever 2a": and push the same back whereby the lever arm 23 is caused to turn out of the path of the stop lever The roller 5 now is released for continuous printing.

small boss 30 upon the top plate of the casing over which the hand 29 must move secures this hand in its position. A pawl 3i engaging with the teeth of toothed wheel 9 prevents the back revolution of the print ing roll,

When the two parts 1, 2 of the casing are put together the fixed studs 32 of part 2- engage with corresponding holes of the lid oi part 1 ot the casing and a lead seal is fixed upon these studs so that the counting mechanism cannot be made accessible with out destruction of this lead seal. Frandir lent attempts to use the apparatus for printing more stamps than are indicated by the printi mechanism are thus prevented.

According to the hereinbefore described form of construction of the invention the stamping of postal matter of an kind can be effected without the use of postage stamps, directly by the printing stamps which may be made to correspond with the value of the postage stamps which should be applied.

The spring-controlled rod 26 affords in cooperation with the lever 23. 21- the possibility of either lifting the printingroller 5 after a single printing operation from the printing position into the upper or inoperative position, or to leave the roller in the lower, operative position for continuous printing or stamping; In the Figures 2 to 7 the roller is set for a single printing open ation and it will be seen. that the left-hand arm of the lever 22 is immediately above the lever and about to engage the latter.

the counting mechanism having just been actuated, immediately upon the beginning of the rolling action of the roller, through the driver 12, Figure 2, by means of the control levers 13. 14. On the continued rolling of the roller the lever 22 will act to engage the lever 23, to lift the lever 21) and to disengage from the lever 23 so as to be below the latter, At the next moment the roller returns into its upper position of rest. In case that the roller again is lowered for a subsequent single printing operation, the left-hand arm of the lever 22, which had actuated the lever 23, slides'over the latter to assume a position below the lever 23. At the now beginning printing or stamping operation the other (right hand) arm of the lever 22 will engage the lever 23.

It will be seen that the double acting lever 22 acts to divide the roller into two like stamping faces. If the, roller is de sired to continuously remain in its work ing position for subsequent stamping operations, the lever 23 is, as above explained, lifted out of the path of the lever 22. The continuous print thus made are recorded in the counting mechanism through the agency of the driver 12 and the levers 13 and 14.

What I claim is:

1. An improved rolling stamp of the type described comprising in combination with a casing, a printing roller, a shaft for said printing roller mounted in said casing so that it can be lowered and raised in vertical direction a support for the shaft, a spring for maintaining said roller in the normal position of rest, a toggle lever system for bringing said roller to the working positlon and for maintaining'the same in this pos tion, a counting mechanism for registering the revolutions of said roller, a lever system controllin said counting mechanism, and a toothed w eel gear connecting said printing roller with said lever system, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. An improved rolling stamp of the type described comprising in combination with a casing, a printing roller, a shaft for said printlng roller, mounted in said casing so that it can be lowered and raised in vertical direction, a support for the shaft, a spring for maintaining said roller in the normal position of rest, a toggle lever system for bringing said roller to the working position and for maintaining the same in this p0sition, a counting mechanism for registering the revolutions of said roller a lever'system controlling said counting mechanism, a

toothed wheel gear connecting said print ing roller with said lever system, a spring influenced vertical rod mounted in said casing so that its upper end projects'from the top plate of the casing to be depressed when the handle of said toggle lever is lowered, designed to lift said lever and with it the printing roller after the printing of one stamp, said rod having a notch in its lower part, a spring influenced catch lever bear 7 ing with its hook-shaped end against said rod and adapted to engage with said notch of the 'rod when said rod is lowered, a spring influenced two-armed lever pivotally mounted under said rod so that itsupper arm is in contact with said catch lever, and a striking lever fixed upon the axle of the upper toothed wheel of said toothed gear of the printing roller adapted to strike against thelower arm of said two-armed lever and to make said lever oscillate when the printing roller has made one revolution so that the upper arm of said two-armed lever brings said catch lever out of engagement with the rod, so that this rod is released and going up under the influence of its spring raises the toggle lever and consequently the printing roller, substantially as described.

3. An improved rolling stamp of the type described comprising in combination with a casing, a printing roller, a shaft for said printing roller mounted in said casing so that it can be lowered and raised in vertical direction a support for the shaft, a spring for maintaining said roller in the normal position of rest, a toggle lever system for bringing said roller to the working position and for maintaining the same in this position, a counting mechanism for registering the revolutions of said roller, a lever system controlling saidcounting mechanism, a toothed wheel gear connecting said printing roller with said lever system, a spring influ enced vertical rod mounted in said casing so that its upper end projects from the top thereof to be depressed when the handle of said toggle lever is lowered, designed to lift said lever and with it the printing roller after the printing of one stamp, said rod having a notch in its lower part, a spring influenced catch lever bearing with its hookshaped end against said rod and adapted to engage with said notch of the rod when said rod is lowered, a spring actuated two-armed lever pivotally mounted under said rod so that its upper arm is in contact with said catch lever, a striking lever fixed upon the axle of the upper toothed wheel of said. toothed gear of the printing roller adapted to strike against the lower arm of said twoarmed lever, a spring influenced vertical spindle mounted in said casing at the side of said rod so that it can be lowered against the action of its spring, a knob at the upper end of said spindle, a hand adjacent to knob for indicating the position of said spindle, and a lateral arm at the lower end of said spindle adapted to strike against the upper arm of said two-armed lever when said knob is being turned so that the lower arm of said I two-armed lever is brought out of the path of said striking lever and the printing roller can be used for continuous stamping, sub stantially as described. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HELENE KOMUSIN, Geb. LIEDTKE. Witnesses:

E. BozEnAHN, F. HAFERNNY. 

